Inventions

[shaunjohnson]

Originally Posted by HomeGrown

some of these are pretty good.. other not so.. and some completely impossible (females not bitching).. what about a solder gun that only heats when touched to solder? ive seen the "cold touch" one but that dont really work.. it dont get hot enough to do some things and it dont get cold very quickly they must have used a time lapse camera while doing that commercial.. i dunno maybe its to far out.. i just need a get rich quick scheme..lol..

you could be onto something there...
put a metered current through the solder wire, so when touched on the work surface, it shorts with a earth clamp and melts the solder. a lot like ARC welding.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

you could be onto something there...
put a metered current through the solder wire, so when touched on the work surface, it shorts with a earth clamp and melts the solder. a lot like ARC welding.

Gotta be careful with any soldering solution that uses current to melt. Current means voltage is present, and may be catastrophic for some electronic circuits.

I also have a few ideas, but I consider them to be "innovations" rather than "inventions". Innovations are, IMO, better ways to make something work using existing methods, or using something that exists in other applications.